Mold, unlike other environmental forces that can affect your property, lurks quietly and slowly in the corners of rooms and offices in your place of business. It often goes unnoticed at first, only to make itself known when corners are completely covered in green and black splotches, or when an inspector calls it to your attention.
Even though it is unsightly, the ugliness of mold is usually the least of your problems. Some types of mold, unfortunately, can be a health hazard for people working in and circulating through your business.
Some types of mold are more severe than others, but, ultimately, it is the same environment that helps mold thrive that can also pose a health danger for you employees and customers. Ultimately, mold is considered to negatively impact air quality and thus contribute to indoor air pollution.
The CDC and the Institute of Medicine state that indoor exposure to mold is linked to:
- upper respiratory tract symptoms, cough, and wheeze in otherwise healthy people
- with asthma symptoms in people with asthma
- development of asthma, especially in young children
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis in individuals susceptible to that immune-mediated condition
- respiratory illness in otherwise healthy children
For all of these reasons, it is important to have professionals remove mold immediately after it is detected, and then it is important to adopt measures to prevent the resurgence of mold in the same space and in new spaces.
Armor Environmental Solutions is fully equipped to help remove mold in your business and provide you with the know-how for controlling mold in commercial settings. There are also measures you can take to prevent the development of mold and moisture damage due to mold, including improving ventilation and controlling sources of indoor moisture.